The answers to Gunter's question satisfied him, though these were most obviously not optimal conditions. Still, he was a grenadier of the Royal Army. He will manage.

Gunter was never a fan of beautiful places. Those places were those that killed the most often. It was the way of the Mire, to strike when one's guard was down and so when the message Aeris gave him reached his ears Gunter was not surprised. With his grenade launcher still out Gunter did not bother switching to his rifle, instead opting to empty the current grenades in the launcher and replace them with red ones. They were the Mark IV Incendiary grenades, exploding with magic and causing a fire. If there was one thing that the Mire hated, it was fire. That and boots on it's infected territory, but screw the Mire for that!

Gunter chose this moment to lay down a few clear rules of engagement, as he did not know what the heck any of them were. In a commanding tone, Gunter said his piece[color=00aeef]"Alright ladies, listen up! We're probably going to have contact here shortly with hostile forces. Now, I don't know you, you don't know me. But by the Empress if any of you shoot me with a stray shot I'm not going to be happy. Therefore, call out what you are doing to each other. Last thing we need are a bunch of us shot in the back because one diddledee was stupid. Keep it simple, nothing crazy. Watch each other's backs and we can all go home and enjoy another sunrise."[/color] Gunter did not even allow any answers as he then raised his grenade launcher. [color=00aeef]"See this?! This here is called a grenade launcher. Fires explosive ordinance. When I yell 'grenade' make sure you are out of the way. Clear?!"[/color]

Regardless of their answers, Gunter continued on under the purple barrier, not like Gunter hasn't seen something like this before, just not in this fashion. Gunter remained on alert the entire way until they reached the tree of life and the dragon that guarded it. [i]Whoo, that's a big one.[/i] Gunter's expression changed from awe to dread as the dragon's look of malice gazed upon them and the army of woodmen came out.[i]Ah...crap![/i] Yeah, classic Mire there. The only problem: Julia's announcement to not kill the dragon or that tree there, the tree of life, would die out. Gunter personally did not care, but he had a vested interest in following this command, especially seeing that Aeris is dealing with the thing. It would be interesting to see how Aeris performed against the beast. Regardless, Gunter aimed his grenade launcher at a group of warriors and called [color=00aeef]"Grenade Out!"[/color] Firing his grenade launcher and hitting a group of the woodmen who erupted into flame. Gunter took cover near a tree, bracing himself for any melee by keeping his sword handy but mostly acting as artillery support for the group, calling out his shots as well as he could. It wouldn't be long before the fire spread unless it was moist, in which case may the Goddess of Battle preserve him, for there were a huge amount of hostiles!